This 4-page NSA document, presented at a Five Eyes SIGDEV conference 2011, gives an overview of the AURORAGOLD (AG) project, in which technical intelligence is gathered to ensure future agency access to mobile phone networks worldwide: see the Intercept article Operation Auroragold: How the NSA Hacks Cellphone Networks Worldwide, 4 December 2014.

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(u//fouo) AURORAGOLD
(S//SI//REL) Project Overview: The mission of the AURORAGOLD (AG) project is to maintain
data about international GSM/UMT...

This 23 Febrauary 2010 post from the internal NSA newsletter SIDToday describes advances in the agency’s capabilities against 4G signals, described as “a very high priority for NSA and the Intelligence Community”: see the Intercept article Operation Auroragold: How the NSA Hacks Cellphone Networks Worldwide, 4 December 2014. site-makes-first-ever-collect-of-high-interest

This NSA briefing, given at the Five Eyes SIGDEV conference in 2011, gives an overview of AURORAGOLD data flows: see the Intercept article Operation Auroragold: How the NSA Hacks Cellphone Networks Worldwide, 4 December 2014.

This 26-page NSA document, originally presented at 2012’s Five Eyes SIGDEV conference, gives a detailed overview of the agency’s information gathering on world mobile phone networks. Some intercepted technical and contact details have been redacted: see the Intercept article Operation Auroragold: How the NSA Hacks Cellphone Networks Worldwide, 4 December 2014.

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Working Group
(S//SI//REL) Shaping understanding of
the global GSm/uMTS/LTE landscape
SIGDEV Conference - 6 June 2012
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This NSA briefing document from May 2012, originally presented at that year’s Five Eyes SIGDEV conference, gives a high-level overview of the NSA’s AURORAGOLD project and names the GSM Association (GSMA) as a specific target: see the Intercept article Operation Auroragold: How the NSA Hacks Cellphone Networks Worldwide, 4 December 2014. auroragold-working-aid